esrange user’s handbook

ESRANGE USER’S HANDBOOK

Volume AAbbreviations, acronyms and references

Version 1.0

7 May 2021

2 (8) Volume A - ver. 1.0 Esrange User’s Handbook

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Volumes in Esrange User’s Handbook

Vol. I - General InformationVol. II - Safety

Vol. III - Launch Range InstrumentationVol. A - Abbreviations and References

Vol. IV - Scientific Ground Instruments

Vol. X - Satellite Telemetry, Tracking & Control

Vol. VII - Sounding RocketsVol. VIII - Propulsive Development Testing

Vol. IX - Spaceport

Vol. V - UAS Vol. VI - Stratospheric Balloons

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PREFACE

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) owns and operates Esrange Space Center (ESC) located in the north of Sweden, where a multi-

tude of activities are performed in support of space and Earth science research, satellite communications, aerospace technology

development and orbital launches. SSC also maintains capabilities to conduct mobile launch activities for stratospheric balloons

at Esrange.

Users of Esrange include space agencies, scientific and research organizations, universities, and commercial customers from all

over the world.

This Esrange User’s Handbook summarizes policies and procedures for facility use and provides a description of the range ca-

pabilities to users.

The handbook is divided into 11 volumes, with the three first addressing general information related to the range, safety and

range instrumentation, while the next seven address specific facilities, processes and operations related to individual types of

activities (e.g., sounding rockets or orbital launch).

Abbreviations and acronyms used throughout the handbook, as well as identified references, are included in Volume A (this

volume).

Each new version of an individual volume of the Esrange User’s Handbook replaces all previous versions of that particular doc-

ument (but not any of the other volumes).

The most current version of the complete/consolidated Esrange User’s Handbook, and other documents referenced within it,

can be found at http://www.sscspace.com.



Table of Contents

1 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

2 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 72.1 SSC documents .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 72.2 External documents ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 72.3 Organizations ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7



1 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

The following abbreviations and acronyms can be found in volume I - X of Esrange User’s Handbook.

ATC Air Traffic Control

CET Central European Time

COLA Collision Avoidance

CONOPS Concept of Operations

DLR Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Center)

EASP Esrange and Andöya Special Project

ECMWF European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecast

EIRP Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power

ESA European Space Agency

ESB Esrange Safety Board

ESC Esrange Space Center

ESD Electrostatic Discharge

ESM Esrange Safety Manual

ESRANGE ESRO Sounding Rocket Launching Range [officially used 1964 - 1972]

European Space Range [unofficially used 1972 - ca. 1990]

ESRO European Space Research Organization

EU European Union

FMV Försvarets Materielverk (Swedish Defence Materiel Administration)

FSO Flight Safety Officer

FSS Flight Safety System

FTS Flight Termination System

GND/UNL Ground to unlimited altitude

GPS Global Positioning System

GSE Ground Support Equipment

GSO Ground Safety Officer

HVAC Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

ID Identity

IP Internet Protocol

IRIG Inter-Range Instrumentation Group

ISO International Organization for Standardization

ITU International Telecommunications Union

KEOPS Kiruna Esrange Optical Platform System

LC Launch Complex

LC Launch Control Center

LEOP Launch and Early Operations

LHC Left-Hand Circular

LIDAR Light Detection and Ranging

LSP Launch Service Provider

LV Launch Vehicle

LVIB Launch Vehicle Integration Building

MMH Mono-Methyl Hydrazine

NOTAM Notice to Airmen



NOTMAR Notice to Mariners

NTO Nitrogen Tetroxide

NTP Network Time Protocol

NRZ-L Non-return-to-zero-level

PA Public Address

PCM Pulse Code Modulation

POC Point-of-contact

PPF Payload Processing Facility

RCC Range Commander Council

REACH Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals

RF Radio Frequency

RH Relative Humidity

RHC Right-Hand Circular

RSO Range Safety Officer

SC Subscriber Connector [also called Standard Connector]

SMHI Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute

SNSA Swedish National Space Agency

SOC Safety Operations Center

SSA Space Situational Awareness

SSC Swedish Space Corporation

T Temperature

TBC To Be Confirmed

TBD To Be Determined

TC Telecommand

TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

TM Telemetry

TP Twisted Pair

TT&C Telemetry, Tracking and Control

UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

UDMH Unsymmetrical Di-Methyl Hydrazine

UN United Nations

UNOOSA United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

UTC Coordinated Universal Time

VCR Visit Clearance Request



2 REFERENCES

The following documents and organizations are referenced to in volume I - X of Esrange User’s Handbook.

2.1 SSC documents

2.2 External documents

2.3 Organizations

Name Where to obtain Reference number Version

Cryogenic Safety at Es-

range Space Center

Can be obtained through SSC Project Manager

/ POC

SCIENCE-878286732-26684 1.1

Esrange Safety Manual https://sscspace.com/news-activities/rock-

ets-and-balloon-activities/

SCIENCE-60-4208 9

Esrange Weather Report Can be obtained through SSC Project Manager

/ POC

SCIENCE-637804196-99 1.1

Name Website Note

DLR - German Aerospace Center www.dlr.de

European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecast www.ecmwf.int

ESA - European Space Agency www.esa.int

SSC - Swedish Space Corporation www.sscspace.com

Swedish Work Environment Authority www.av.se

Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute www.smhi.se

U.S. Department of Defense Strategic Command www.stratcom.mil

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) www.unoosa.org

Name Where to obtain Note

RCC 319-14 https://www.regulations.gov/document/FAA-2019-0229-

0024

Swedish Space Activity Act

1982:963

https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-lagar/dokument/

svensk-forfattningssamling/lag-1982963-om-rymdverk-

samhet_sfs-1982-963

In swedish

Swedish Space Activities Decree

1982:1069

https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-lagar/dokument/

svensk-forfattningssamling/forordning-19821069-om-rym-

dverksamhet_sfs-1982-1069

In swedish

Swedish Work Environment Act https://www.av.se/en/work-environment-work-and-in-

spections/acts-and-regulations-about-work-environment/

UNOOSA Liability Convention https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/trea-

ties/introliability-convention.html

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